Reply With QuoteWhat a plonker he is. That '98 tournament was magic, but this puts a dark light on it and football in general. FIFA scum.
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That horrible french tw@t said the seeded teams for the group stages were hand picked to make sure France and Brasil met in the final.
Is there no end to the corrupt b*stards running global football. F0ok sake
https://news.sky.com/story/platini-a...final-11377566
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What a plonker he is. That '98 tournament was magic, but this puts a dark light on it and football in general. FIFA scum.
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completely agree Hughie mate, that tournament was top draw, they were the 2 best teams in the competition by a bloody mile, certainly takes the shine of the achievmentOriginally Posted by HughieG
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Every sport in every competition does it,it's called seeding but FIFA just sowed a little more to showcase their final.
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I'm not even surprised anymore.
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I had the same reaction! It's quite sad how we've come to see this as normal prodecure within FIFA.
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Aye, it's like when Qatar and Russia got the World Cups blatantly through bribery and everybody was saying it has to be taken off them. All i could think was, there is no way FIFA will take it off them and here we are weeks away from teh Russian WC.
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It has been revealed now that in every final since 1974 the hosts and current holders have been kept apart until the final if they both should make it through the earlier rounds.
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A bit like the FA; nepotism, favouritism and yes-men to those at the very top of the pile. On a different scale obviously. Something needs to be done.
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yeah hes being banned from football for 4 years ! :/
He should be banned for life!!
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